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There wasn't much bend to them. He was able to straighten those out with no problem.

Hell yeah that is one badass raffle prize. Cleanup should be some good times as usual!

President's weekend some of you might remember me talking about me breaking something on my car. Well here it is. The rear, lower control arm mount cracked and snapped a part of the lower tube on the frame. It wasn't much of a suprise that it happened considering the condition of the dunes that weekend and the fact that we already knew that it was a weak area on these and Hotrails' cars. There is was no bracing from side to side between the mounts and with all the sliding and side to side hammering it was getting that day it broke. Yeah I know you are all very suprised I managed to break a sandrail right? (Mr. R&D driver right here haha) Normally I'd be hesitant to ever post up pics of my damaged rail on the internet, but considering how well of a job Tim (limodriver) did I am very confidant and happy with it. It is way stronger than before and a small problem area has been fixed correctly. Thanks again Tim. You do great work. Anyone needing their stuff fixed up or small fab work done give this guy a shout! BEFORE: cracked at the front and 2 dunes later it pulled out then after ratchet strapping it together, I limped it back to camp and it finished itself off. AFTER Tim completely changed out the lower tube with .120 wall chromolly. Then he sleeved & plug welded the inside of the tube with 1 1/4" .120 wall tubing. It is sleeved from where it meets up with the frame at the front and goes all the way back to the bend at the rear. So now the tubing that the rear control arms mount to is essentially 1/4" thick. Then a cross bar was added from side to side to handle the side to side load. Now it's time for some paint. Paging Ken's Colors!

Not a problem at all.

Post up a pic now. (only one) The winner's dune pic will be posted on the homepage after the contest is over. The member's screen name will be posted up with it as well. You may also post a caption or description included with the pic. Please limit posts in this thread to pictures only. Dune Pic of the Month- Rules 1. The picture must be YOURS. Do not go surfing the internet looking for one to submit. You cannot post any copyrighted pics. Let's just try and be honest about it. (We aren't gonna get that serious about this anyways) 2. The picture must not have any watermarks or logos on it. 3. The picture must be at least 600 x 600 pixels. It will be displayed on the home page if it wins the most votes so therefore we would like it to be a decent size picture. 4. The picture must abide by the terms and conditions (rules) of this board. 5. Post only ONE picture per contest.

Hey Andre, I checked on the intermediate shaft. The part # that was installed on your truck was an updated part at the time, but they have since revised and improved them a couple times since then. There wouldn't be any warranty or coverage on the one you had put in since it was quite some time ago and the age of the truck. A new one costs about 104 bucks. I think that is list price though. Let me know if you end up needing a new one. I can save you a few bucks.

which photos?

cheesetube. I'm changing the name of the subforum right now.

hahaa. I don't think he was though. Just about every car and truck got kicked like that off those little bumps they called jumps. Thanks man. I have alot of fun shooting them. Yeah too bad we didnt get a chance to meet up, but there's always next time.

Much appreciated Eric. Hey if your buddy in the 128 car wants any high res shots of his car let me know. I will throw them all on a CD or DVD and mail it out to you.

Dayum fro-dog! :B Looks like a nice starter bachelor dune pad you had there. yiah good job

ok here are my photos from Sunday... not really in focus, but here's the landing... lil bit of bump steer maybe? flyin! using every bit of suspension on the landing. wow raptoroy grabbing this guy's broken driveshaft for him. The SNORE prez lending a hand to tow him out. The link to the album for some more... http://actionshutter.net/photos/thumbnails.php?album=36

Sick air! You're nuts. :ahhhhh:

They were flying off that thing. :ahhhhh: I wish I was there yesterday when that car went flying through the wall! I bet there are some pics floating around race-dezert or somewhere.

What a great time today out at Primm. The racing action was great and I got a TON of really awesome shots. I will go through them the next couple days and get them posted up. Great seeing Raptoroy out there. Funny how you always run into DDR peeps wherever cool chit is goin on. Yo Eric, I got lots of pics of your buddy in the 128 car too. He was doing very well. :ahhhhh:

This thread will be closed if everyone keeps flaming away at each other about Danny's accident. Just drop it everyone including you Jalper.

ok you guys you can ALL stop the name calling and attacks!

The recall was for the intermediate shaft. I don't know if it would be covered again, but I can check on it. We stock the hell out of those. That's wierd it took so long to order. I will find out on monday if I can remember to check. Maybe post or pm me your VIN # so I can pull up the claim history to check on it.

August 09

no space, bob haha

hahaaa busted by the classic "X 2" word filter

Ya know what....after looking back at my old pics you are probably right Bob. I guess there's a first for everything. Pics from Prez weekend 2008...

Yep, but there are a couple other techs from Hend Chevy on here as well...sand~snake & sanddunesaddict It definitely sounds like the slip yoke is binding. Here's how to fix it... 1) Open & drink beer 2) Remove the driveshaft (4 bolts at rear u-joint) 3) brake clean the driveshft front slip yoke out and wire brush the splines nice and clean 4) On inside of the slip yoke pack the splines with some STEELCO red grease. 5) reinstall shaft sliding it in and out (hu hu lol) to make sure the grease gets worked in nice and good. 6) finish beer before it gets warm

yeah...DON'T!

That's not good at all. I hate hearing this.